Parent Tips to Improve Language and Literacy

Provide opportunities for children to hear stories from many different people, as well as to tell or act out their own stories, real and/or imagined. Use questions and comments to help fill in details and keep stories on track so others can understand them. Children’s ability to tell and re-enact stories makes it easier for them to understand stories they will read at school.
 
Tips
Daily Activities:
Encourage your child to tell you a story about a drawing they have brought home from school. Use specific questions and comments to help them describe the story clearly.
 
Pretend Play:
After reading a story about a birthday party to your child, plan a pretend birthday for a stuffed animal. Encourage them to act out the story with you.
Reading Books:
Ask your child to re-tell a story you have read many times. Use what, when, how and why questions to help them make the story clear. Encourage the use of words like “first”, “next”, “then” and “finally” to help re-tell the story in order.
 
On the Go:
Collect souvenirs from a trip. Use the items to inspire your child to tell a story about the trip. Create a book from their story and read it with them. Leave it where they can “read” it to themselves.

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